Holder for brake-beams.



A. HOLT.

HOLDER FOR'BRAKE BEAMS.

APPLICATION FILED 001222, 1914.

1,199,,U94c Patented Feb. 23,1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS 60.. PHOTO-LITHQ, WASHINGTON, D. c.

AUGUST HOLT, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

HoLnEn non BRAKE-BEAMS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

Application filed October 22, 1914. Serial No. 867,930.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, AUGUST HOLT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holdersfor Brake-Beams, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relatesv to holders for brake beams for locomotives, carsand other vehicles, and has for its object to provide a holder. in whichthere shall be no welded member, and which will be easily assembled andefficient in use, which will not get out of repair or break readily, andwhich will provide a holder hook having a balanced support.

In the construction of my invention I provide a holder in which the sideof the clevis is not welded to the shank of the hook member but issecured thereto by means of a loop, and the hook is additionallysupported at its forward portion.

The full objects and advantages of my invention will appear inconnection with the detailed description thereof and are particularlypointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, illustrating the application of my invention in oneform,-Figure l is a side view of a brake beam secured by my improvedbrake beam holders, the main engine beams being shown in section. Fig. 2is a side view of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Figs. 3, 4i and 5 aredetail views of separate portions of the brake beam holder. Figs. 6 and7 are side'and end views of the brake beam holder showing the means ofattaching the same to the engine beam.

My brake beam holder comprises a main hook shank 10 having an oifset 11and a portion 12 extending parallel with the shank 10, which is providedwith an eye 13 for the reception of a bolt 14. which passes through thebeam 15 of the engine or car. The shank 10 has at the bottom thereof anupwardly turned hook portion 16 and a downwardly turned hook portion 17A separate piece 18 is provided which has a hooked lower end 19 adaptedto engage within the hook 17 of the shank piece 10. The member 18extends parallel with the shank 10 and is bent at its upward end to forman eye'20 which is secured by the bolt 14 to the beam 15. From the eye20 the body of the member 18 is bent downwardly, as indicated at 21, andis provided with an oiiset portion 22 formed with a loop or eye 23 whichsurrounds the shank 10, and when the members are brought into operativeposition and secured by bolt 14 the loop 23 engages the shank 10 justbelow the ofiset 11, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

The manner of assembling the device is best shown in Figs. 6 and 7 Theloop 23 having been applied to the shank 10, the double hook portion 16,17 of said shank is inserted through the loop support 24 of the brakebeam 25, and the bolt 1 1 extended through the eye 13 and into apertureof the beam 15. The member 18 is then slid up along the shank 10 so thatthe hook 19 is caused to engage within the hook 17 and the eye 23brought up against the offset portion 11, when the bolt 14 is extendedthrough eye 20 and secured by a nut in the usual way.

The advantages of my invention will be apparent. The brake beam supportis readily secured to the beam 15 at each side thereof, and the parts ofthe beam support are secured together by meansof loops of the metalwithout the employment of any welded portions. Moreover, the hook 16which forms the direct support for the brake beam is supported at eachside of its connection with 2 1 by the shank 10 and the member 18, thusinsuring the most effective possible support.

I claim:

1. In combination with an engine or car beam, a holder for brake beamscomprising a hook member having an oii set eye-piece, a separateeye-piece member having a loop surrounding the shank of the hook memberadjacent said ofiset portion, and a bolt extending through saideye-piece and the engine beam for securing the hook member in position.

2. In combination with an engine or car beam, a holder for brake beamscomprising a hook member having a hook end and an offset eye-piece, aseparate eye-piece member having a loop surrounding the shank of thehook member adjacent said oflset portion, and a bolt extending throughsaid eye-piece and the engine beam for securing the hook member inposition, said second named eyepiece having an extension removablyconfiected with the hook end of the hook mem- 3. In combination with thesupporting beam of an engine or car, a holder for brake beams comprisinga member having an ofi'- set eye-piece at one end and e reyerse'ly saideyepiece and the engine beam for seturned hook at the other end, aseparate eyecuring the hook member in position. 10 piece member having aloop surrounding the In testimony whereof I aflix my signashank of thehook ni'ember'adjecent said offture in presence of two Witnesses.

5 set portion and provided With a hooked eX- AUGUST HOLT.

tension removably connected with the out- Witnesses: wardly turnedportion of the reversely exc F. A. WHITELEY, tended hook; and a boltextending through V BOWMAN.

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